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TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 30, 2017, 2:30 p.m....performed to amplify the target using PCR. Instead of tracking the reaction progress as in real time PCR, each...introduced how digital PCR works, let’s explain what kind of assays can be used to sniff out your desired ...
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Addgene’s Viral Service - Why Virus? Why Now?
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 23, 2017, 2:30 p.m.... and careful Addgenies, but also a lot of good tracking. Our Software and IT Teams made major upgrades...plasmids in the repository. The Outreach Team has been making sure scientists know about the new initiative and... -
REPLACR Mutagenesis: Replacing In Vitro Recombination Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 10, 2016, 3:30 p.m....behind. While commercial kits are available for making small point mutations, large deletions/insertions...-12 kb range. REPLACR-mutagenesis also requires making your own electrocompetent cells in which the phage... -
Plasmids 101: Blue-white Screening
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 4, 2015, 1:03 p.m.... blue, indicating that your IPTG and x-gal are working as they should be. Don't rush the process: It...between blue and white colonies. Take care in making your plates: X-gal is light and temperature sensitive... -
Back to Bacteria: CRISPR gRNA Multiplexing Using tRNAs
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 2, 2015, 6:06 p.m....conserved cellular machinery to process gRNAs. Hijacking tRNA processing to make gRNAs In a recently published...Cas toolkit in human cells. Nissim L, Perli SD, Fridkin A, Perez-Pinera P, Lu TK. Mol Cell. 2014 May 22... -
Plasmids 101: Yeast Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 25, 2014, 7:11 p.m....of the same technical advantages that come with working with prokaryotes. This includes but is not limited...selection rather than antibiotic selection when working with yeast, due to high rates of spontaneously ... -
Kiran Musunuru on the Newest TALEN Genome-Editing System
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2013, 3:13 p.m.... cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. We are knocking out genes that have been implicated in disease...about the history. How had investigators done this kind of work before? Musunuru: In the "olden days," not... -
Addgene: The First Twenty Years
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 19, 2024, 2:15 p.m....people knew how to access Addgene, and that we were making it possible for scientists to both deposit and ...through physical outreach, visiting organizations, knocking on doors, and attending conferences. And when ... -
Hot Plasmids April 2018 - Protein Degradation, Nanoscopy, FIRE-Cas9, and Yeast Expression Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 23, 2018, 2 p.m.... STED nanoscopy Article contributed by Eric J. Perkins Listen to Endosomal pH Sensors podcast segment ...approach allows minute-by-minute analysis of the kinetics of chromatin regulation and subsequent mathematical... -
Summer SciComm: Preprints
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 16, 2022, 1:15 p.m....unpublished results at a conference? Post your working manuscript as a preprint too and you can share ...American Society for Cell Biology in a position working with preprints in life sciences. He also posted... -
Antibodies 101: Selecting the Right Antibody
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 15, 2022, 1:15 p.m....proteins in your assay. Narrowing the field After working your way through the above steps, you may find ...an antibody website. In 2016, the International Working Group for Antibody Validation proposed 5 pillars... -
What's New in CRISPR - November 2021
TypeBlog PostPublishedNov. 18, 2021, 2:15 p.m....developed by engineering the Cas12f scaffold gRNA and making strategic mutations in the DNA binding cavity of...half the size of the Cas9 or Cas12a based systems, making it well suited for AAV packaging. Most importantly... -
Announcing the Winners of the 2021 Michael Davidson and Roger Tsien Commemorative Conference Awards
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 5, 2021, 12:15 p.m....colleagues are working on developing new surface display vectors to improve expression and trafficking of these... -
Enhancing CRISPR Targeting Specificity with eSpCas9, SpCas9-HF1, & HypaCas9
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 16, 2015, 3:30 p.m....out there, it’s obvious that CRISPR is a ground-breaking technology that’s already had a huge impact on...nuclease itself. Design and testing of eSpCas9 Looking at the structure of the Cas9 nuclease (PDB ID: ... -
Writing Scientific Manuscripts: Literature Searching, Reading, & Organizing
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 5, 2015, 3:54 p.m....something that is actually useful to you. When embarking on a new literature search, try to find a recent... on in any given research area. Unless you are looking for a particular protocol or are trying to replicate... -
BeHeard Award 2018: Diseases of Glycosylation, Arginine Mutagenesis, & Neural Development
TypeBlog PostPublishedJune 26, 2018, 1:33 p.m.... been working with the Rare Genomics Institute to provide plasmid grants to researchers working on rare... -
Educational Planarian Tools for Teaching Developmental Biology Techniques
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 24, 2018, 1:20 p.m....or their translation disrupted through physical blocking of the translation machinery. In the Sánchez lab...planarians. Depending on which planarian species one is working with, the protocol will slightly differ. For example... -
Hot Plasmids May 2018 - Optogenetics, Decaffeination, Biosensors, and Fluorescent Protein Tools
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 15, 2018, 12:43 p.m....fluorescent protein Dronpa. The authors tracked protein kinase A (PKA) activity at the plasma membrane in living...artifacts, it has better folding and maturation kinetics than other dark fluorescent proteins, it has good... -
Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 20, 2019, 12:31 p.m....specific gene or brain region. When it comes to making the genetic manipulation, there are two main decisions...should be used? Modifying gene expression Generally speaking, one may want to achieve either inhibition or ... -
Mouse Modeling, Part 2: Breeding and Crossing Mice
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 6, 2019, 12:55 p.m....engineered mice: transgenic mice, knockin and knockout mice, and conditional knockin or knockout mice. While these... -
Hot Plasmids - October 2020
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 13, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... ability to study and understand the complex interworking of the 86 billion neurons in the human brain... opens the door to in vivo experiments such as tracking the synaptic maturation pattern of hippocampal... -
Plasmids 101: In-house NGS Plasmid Quality Control Now at Addgene
TypeBlog PostPublishedApril 6, 2021, 12:30 p.m.... to own the process entirely remains a large undertaking. Priority number one was to ensure that this ... load it on to our new MiSeq and set up the run making sure to note the appropriate barcode for each sample... -
Adapting Toehold Switches to Detect Zika Virus
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 30, 2016, 2:30 p.m....detection We and other members of the lab had been working on advancing the paper-based platform toward a ...when we needed additional expertise. Perhaps most striking is that there were seven institutions involved... -
The Materials Science of Optogenetics Experiments
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 17, 2015, 2:30 p.m....has slightly different activation/inactivation kinetics. For example, the light-gated cation channel, ...protein-coupled vertebrate rhodopsin in cerebellar Purkinje cells. The Journal of biological chemistry. 2011... -
The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m....setup. This requires a less involved setup when working with mice and slightly less red tape for approval...has psuedotypes. Psuedotyping is the process of making a hybrid AAV, with the genome from one serotype... -
Magnetic Control of Proteins: More than a Dream
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2024, 1:15 p.m.... fluorescent proteins. Currently, the team is working to identify how MagLOV’s structure changes under...starting point for much more. If you’re interested in working on these questions or collaborating, the York Lab... -
Pooled Library Amplifications
TypeBlog PostPublishedMay 30, 2024, 1:30 p.m....bacteria can grow and compete in the same container, making it easier for a smaller, recombined plasmid to ...developing your amplification protocol! We recommend looking at protocols used for libraries that are similar... -
Adenoviral Delivery of CRISPR/Cas9 Aims to Expand Genome Editing to Primary Cells
TypeBlog PostPublishedDec. 10, 2020, 1 p.m....and could be useful to labs wishing to create this kind of animal models. Start using adenoviral vectors...and also Adeno Cas9 and Adeno EA. Or if you're looking for a broader range of CRISPRs plasmid tools, find... -
xCas9: Engineering a CRISPR Variant with PAM Flexibility
TypeBlog PostPublishedMarch 28, 2018, 6:52 p.m....binding distinct PAM sequences. Now, Hu et al., working in David Liu’s lab, have gone one step further,...Once you’ve tried it, let us know how xCas9 is working for you in the comments section! References Hu... -
Google Forums Round Up: First Impressions of NgAgo
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 4, 2016, 2:30 p.m.... side, successful indel generation and epitope knockin was achieved by a few respondents suggesting that...inconvenient. Another possible reason for the trickiness of NgAgo is the inability of mature NgAgo protein... -
CRISPR 101: Mammalian Expression Systems and Delivery Methods
TypeBlog PostPublishedSept. 24, 2015, 2:30 p.m....more CRISPR tools are being published each month, making CRISPR a great choice for your next experiment!...ties directly back to your specific goal. When thinking about step 3, however, you may be surprised at... -
What’s in Your Tube?: A Quick Guide to Measuring DNA by Spectrophotometry
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 1, 2025, 1:15 p.m....absorbance strength is low compared to other reagents, making it more difficult to detect. A particularly strong...applications and that you use the same solution for blanking your machine! Finally, many NanoDrop systems ... -
Antibodies 101: Producing Recombinant Antibodies
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 13, 2024, 1:15 p.m....culture experience. Let’s go over the basics of making rAbs. Production Recombinant antibody production... because it secretes fewer of its own proteins, making the purification process simpler. Due to its high... -
Simplify Cloning with in vivo Assembly
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 18, 2018, 12:37 p.m....the transformation efficiency of the strain: when asking the cell to perform multiple recombination events...recommend Phusion or Q5. Speed up your life Rather than making up your PCR mix every time, pre-made aliquots of... -
CRISPR 101: RNA Editing with Cas13
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 31, 2020, 12:30 p.m....don’t require a PAM sequence at the target locus, making them more flexible than Cas9/Cpf1. Some Cas13 enzymes...prefer targets with a given single base protospacer flanking site (PFS) sequence, but orthologs like LwaCas13a... -
The Effect of COVID-19 on Liu Lab Plasmid Requests From Addgene Data
TypeBlog PostPublishedJuly 16, 2020, 1:15 p.m.... are likely to order several plasmids at once, breaking the statistical independence assumption of the... biology. David R. Liu is Director of the Merkin Institute and Vice-Chair of the Faculty at the ... -
DNA Purification Without a Kit
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 11, 2020, 2:15 p.m.... bonds with water molecules and coaxes it into sticking to the hydrophobic glass filter. Each glass filter...depending on the size of bacterial culture you’re working with. Overall, the glass syringe filter method ... -
Plasmids 101: Choosing an Antibiotic Resistance Gene
TypeBlog PostPublishedOct. 10, 2023, 1 p.m....Ampicillin, often just called amp, is the historical king of the antibiotic resistance realm. Amp is a semisynthetic...period after transformation (the dreaded 60 minutes shaking at 37 degrees) can be shortened since the plated... -
MXS Chaining
TypeBlog PostPublishedFeb. 7, 2017, 3:30 p.m....475nm Lyn-tag (derived from the tyrosine-protein kinase Lyn) Membranes 3 mCherry 587nm/ 610 nm human ...Anderson JC, Dueber JE, Leguia M, Wu GC, Goler JA, Arkin AP, et al. BglBricks: A flexible standard for biological... -
CRISPR Between the Genes: How to Experiment with Enhancers and Epigenomics
TypeBlog PostPublishedAug. 9, 2016, 2:30 p.m....emerging family of sequencing techniques function as a kind of “GPS for the genome” to compute coordinates for...coffee shops near your house, excluding Starbucks. Taking a nerdy perspective, you might denote your search...